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Fall(en) leaf
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End of a busy day
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Visit to a farm
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Vintage styled timepiece
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Chandelier
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Scouring the space
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Eid celebrations
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Eid was celebrated on Sunday November 14th, 2004 in San Jose, California. The desi crowd gathered at the Fairgrounds for the prayers and festivities
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Speech before the prayers
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San Jose's Chief of Police had been fasting during Ramadan too, he shared what he learnt from fasting and what he learnt by reading 1/4th of Qura'an during the month
Reflection on the year past
Sunrise Dec, 2003 (Click on the image to see the Complete picture)
Sunsete Nov, 2004 (Click on the image to see the Complete picture)
I don't like each year to end and time to move on. I'm waiting in line for my visa to the Never, never land :)
Life's a bitch
The loss of a person is the gain of another. The advertisement of Life magazine compliments the headline in an ironic way.
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Technology that doesn't work
"Technology works!" ... yeah, right!
Thats the problem with molded custom tubelights, there is no replacement that you can buy off the shelf. You have to get the tubelight custom made in the shape you want (the word Book in this case). Time of the day, 7:30 am. Whitebalance: Cloudy.
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| Shutter speed: 1/12 | Aperture: F2.8 |
| Location: Digital Guru store | Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z |
Casualties of smoking
There is a sitting area outside my office with an ashpit for cigarettes, and I thought the arrangement looked like Falluja after the bombing. Here is another view which looks more like a bomb blasted there.
Lighting conditions were 7:48 am on an overcast day, and it rained last night so the colors were bright.
| Shutter speed: 1/12 | Aperture: F11 |
| Location: My office | Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z |
Totem
Picture taken at a mini golf course at the intersection of Wolfe and El Camino real in Sunnyvale. I had to adjust the angle to avoid the powerlines and the street lamp in the background (Click on the image to see the Complete picture)
| Shutter speed: 1/30 | Aperture: F10 |
| Location: Sunnyvale | Camera: Canon 300D |
Another bank trip
I stopped by the Bank of America again during the day, this yellow daisy was in the parking lot under the building's shade.
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| Shutter speed: 1/823 | Aperture: F5 |
| Location: Bank of America | Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z |
Son of a ... what??!!
A jewelry shop in Princeton Gateway Plaza shopping mall, Fremont. I took this picture without a tripod; for a better, close up picture click here.
The funny thing is that this shop is right next to another Jewelry shop (Click on the image to see the Complete picture)
At the movies
I saw the Incredibles on its opening night, and the movie was "Incredible"!!! Pixar has perfected the art of cuteness and breath taking animation.
I took this picture while sitting in my car, waiting at the traffic light. It could have been better if I had taken it with a tripod.
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How far is heaven?
Mornings are divine :)
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| Shutter speed: 1/800 | Aperture: F10 |
| Location: Railroad next to Home Depot., Sunnyvale | Camera: Canon 300D |
The Tears of a rose
Have you ever seen
the tears of a Rose
Touched by the dew
of morning mist
A flower so fragrant
and deep in her color
Her hues are the blush
of a fairy's kiss
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| Shutter speed: 1/294 | Aperture: F4.48 |
| Location: Ashton San Jose | Camera: FujiFilm S600Z |
Election results
Election results are here, George W. Bush has been re-elected.
I took this picture at sunset, the light made the flag look more interesting.(Click on the image for the Complete picture)
| Shutter speed: 1/640 | Aperture: F5 |
| Location: Carls Jr. Parking lot, Sunnyvale | Camera: Canon 300D |
Peekaboo
Morning sun peeking through the leaves
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| Shutter speed: 1/446 | Aperture: F8 |
| Location: Hathaway Park, San Jose | Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z |
The Yellow Daisies
Last few rays of light from the setting sun. Picture taken at the parking lot of Bank of America on Arques Ave in Sunnyvale.
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| Shutter speed: 1/823 | Aperture: F5 |
| Location: Bank of America | Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z |
Morning sunlight
Sun light at dusk and dawn creates the most dramatic effect. I love the colors and the character the harsh shadows of morning sun has given to this tree. (Click on the image to see the complete picture)
| Shutter speed: 1/181 | Aperture: F5 |
| Location: Hathaway park | Camera: Fuji FinePix S600Z |
Happy Halloween!
A halloween mask infront of a house at Hathaway park, the glare is because of the rising sun from the opposite direction (on a Halloween morning) (Click on the image to see the Complet picture)
I found these cute little flowers in the parking lot. (Please click on the image to see the complete picture)
Portrait: Salim Afzal
Salim Afzal is a colleague of mine, he is the most hardworking man I have ever worked with and I have the utmost respect for him.
I took this picture last night around 9:20 pm by placing the camera on a tripod outside our office and zooming in through the cubicle's glass window. (Click on the image to see the complete picture)
Sunrise project
I took a series of 50 photographs over a period of 43 minutes to capture the sunrise. Word of advice, always carry a soft tissue paper if you want to capture sunrise in the cold as the lens gets foggy after every 5 seconds.
You can see the fog on the ground in the first few seconds, then as the sun rises behind the mountains the fog on the ground slowly disappears. The sun shows its face briefly and then sneaks behind the trail of clouds over the hill. Finally you can see how the sun comes out from behind the clouds. (Click here to see the frames individually)
Caltrain station: Java and Borregas
Caltrain station at the intersection of Java and Borregas streets in Sunnyvale, California. It was 11:30 pm when I took this picture and it was drizzling.(Please click image for the complete picture)
Stevens Creek reservoir
Stevens creek reservoir is located about 2 miles southwest of Cupertino; it was built in 1935
The stream of water is named after an early settler, Captain Elishia Stephens who lead the successful passage of wagons over the Sierra Nevada in 1844
The reservoir has a picnic spot complete with barbeque grills and benches
There was a marathon going on this morning, runners were running pretty close to the speed limit ;)
There is this beautiful and very expensive resedential area if you go up the hill, further down the reservoir
These electricity cables cross the road. I stopped the car on the single road that twirls around the hill to take this picture.
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Pumpkins
Halloween is a few days away and people have set up temporary shops to sell pumpkins. They setup a wire fence in an open plot and put up kids' toys to attract the customers
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If you think about it, these pumpkins look like prisoners (prisoners in US wear orange jump-suits).
It rained ...
Its amazing how the rain brings out all the colors
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Lady Mary looked beautiful as ever on an overcast Sunday. The atmosphere was magestic, you could hear the hymn coming from the nearby church as if angels were taking you into their embrace
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These picture was taken at the Our lady of Peace church in Santa Clara. The building you see in the background belongs to Exodus.
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This is a view from my cubicle's window at work, its 7:00 pm and everything is wet outside.
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The lobby of Ritz Carlton Hotel at Half moon bay, California. Its a beautiful hotel located right at the beach with a private golf course.
A vase at the entrance
Downtown Sunnyvale on a weeknight
This is what Sunnyvale downtown looks like on a weeknight, I took this picture around 8:30 pm on my way to get a hair cut a few days ago. This street comes to life on a weekend (click the picture for the uncropped version)
Right at the corner is the Ace loan office (a.k.a pawn shop), looks more like a jail than an office :) (click on the picture for the uncropped version)
Sunset in Fremont, California
A view of Fremont city and sun setting in the backdrop. I took my new digital SLR camera out for a test drive yesterday and hiked up the Mission peak in Fremont just in time to see the sunset. There were still a few minutes for the actual sunset, but I loved the way the city was glowing in the golden light
The sunset :)